Month: October 2019
LibDems' campaign material ridiculed for 'misleading' fine-print
The death of One Nation Conservatism
Source:: Wee Ginger Dug The death of One Nation Conservatism Most of us in Scotland who support independence have no sympathies with the Tories. Getting away from them and building a politics in which they’re permanently a minority party instead of the usual party of government is in fact the prime reason why so many of us support independence in the first place. We’ve had our fill of their austerity, their greed and selfishness, their lack of compassion and humanity. We’ve had enough of the way in which they blame… Read the full article:: Wee Ginger Dug The […]
Corbyn is offering Scotland nothing we do not already have
Source:: The National Corbyn is offering Scotland nothing we do not already have YESTERDAY was “die in a ditch” Brexit day and the headlines were not about death in any water trap feature. They were about a December #GE19, following GE17 and the GE15. Read the full article:: The National Corbyn is offering Scotland nothing we do not already have
The Tories want to reduce us to the county of Scotlandlandshire
Source:: The National The Tories want to reduce us to the county of Scotlandlandshire HOW can Scotland vote for a party whose leader wishes to prevent people flying Saltires when they want to, in their own country? The UN Climate summit conference in Glasgow which is to be held in 2020 is just one example. Read the full article:: The National The Tories want to reduce us to the county of Scotlandlandshire
Brexit: Boris Johnson says the UK will leave the EU by January
Source:: The National Brexit: Boris Johnson says the UK will leave the EU by January Boris Johnson has vowed to deliver Brexit by January at the “absolute latest” if the Tories win the General Election, as Jeremy Corbyn said the Prime Minister alone was to blame for his failure to meet his Halloween deadline. Read the full article:: The National Brexit: Boris Johnson says the UK will leave the EU by January
John Bercow's last words as Speaker of The House of Commons
Source:: The National John Bercow’s last words as Speaker of The House of Commons HOUSE of Commons Speaker John Bercow called for order one final time today, shortly before ending his final day in the role. Read the full article:: The National John Bercow’s last words as Speaker of The House of Commons
WATCH: Boris Johnson's broken Brexit deadline promises
Source:: The National WATCH: Boris Johnson’s broken Brexit deadline promises BORIS Johnson said many times and in many different ways – not least when he said he’d rather be dead in a ditch – that he would not request from the EU a Brexit extension. Read the full article:: The National WATCH: Boris Johnson’s broken Brexit deadline promises
Sturgeon has not yet actually demanded a Section 30 order
Source:: The National Sturgeon has not yet actually demanded a Section 30 order THE terminology used to frame the subject of indyref2 by this supposedly pro-independence publication is disheartening, to say the least – and John Curtice should know better, too (FM to go ahead with indyref2 plans despite General Election, October 30). Read the full article:: The National Sturgeon has not yet actually demanded a Section 30 order
The arsonists
Source:: Wee Ginger Dug The arsonists It’s Halloween, the day that the UK was supposed to be leaving the EU, but isn’t, again. Scary clowns are very fashionable this Halloween, you cannae turn on the telly without seeing Boris Johnson, failing to die in a ditch. The idiot can’t even succeed at failing. This is the man who said, “I want everyone to know there are no circumstances in which I will ask Brussels for a delay.” And then asked for a delay. Boris Johnson’s word… Read the full article:: Wee Ginger Dug The arsonists
Glasgow airport security partnership suspended due to Brexit
Source:: The National Glasgow airport security partnership suspended due to Brexit BORDER Force staff have revealed that Brexit uncertainty was responsible for the suspension of a partnership between Romanian police and Glasgow Airport in February. Read the full article:: The National Glasgow airport security partnership suspended due to Brexit
Tory MSP accuses Sturgeon of rejecting funding that was never applied for
Source:: The National Tory MSP accuses Sturgeon of rejecting funding that was never applied for A TORY MSP was left red-faced when he attacked Nicola Sturgeon for rejecting a funding application from Aberdeen Council for an art gallery redevelopment only to discover that Aberdeen Council had never actually applied for any funding. Read the full article:: The National Tory MSP accuses Sturgeon of rejecting funding that was never applied for
Nicola Sturgeon said NHS 'worse off' if Labour were in power
Source:: The National Nicola Sturgeon said NHS ‘worse off’ if Labour were in power THE First Minister defended criticism of lost NHS working hours by reminding the Scottish Labour leader that Scotland’s health service would be “£758 million worse off” if Labour won the 2016 election. Read the full article:: The National Nicola Sturgeon said NHS ‘worse off’ if Labour were in power
SNP slams Tory MSP for 'curmudgeonly approach to democracy'
Source:: The National SNP slams Tory MSP for ‘curmudgeonly approach to democracy’ AN SNP MSP has slammed a Scottish Tory MSP of taking a “curmudgeonly approach to democracy” after criticising the cost of the new Citizens’ Assembly. Read the full article:: The National SNP slams Tory MSP for ‘curmudgeonly approach to democracy’
Scottish ministers must agree on independence question wording
Source:: The National Scottish ministers must agree on independence question wording SCOTTISH ministers need to “come to an agreement” with the Electoral Commission over the question for indyref2, a committee of MSPs has claimed. Read the full article:: The National Scottish ministers must agree on independence question wording
FMQs Sketch: Halloween ghouls get fired up at Holyrood
Source:: The National FMQs Sketch: Halloween ghouls get fired up at Holyrood HALLOWEEN on Thursday brought with it the arrival of the gruesome ghouls and souls of the undead that haunt the draughty Scottish Parliament building. These creepy, blood-sucking relics of the past sent chills through every person that unwittingly crossed their path. Read the full article:: The National FMQs Sketch: Halloween ghouls get fired up at Holyrood